NOTICES
MILK MARKETING BOARD
Presubmission Schedule and Prehearing Conference for All Milk Marketing Areas; Over-Order Premium; Hearing
[27 Pa.B. 1114] Under the provisions of the Milk Marketing Law (31 P. S. §§ 700j-101--700j-1204) that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Milk Marketing Board (Board) will conduct a public hearing for Milk Marketing Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 on April 9, 1997, at 9 a.m. in Room 309 of the Agriculture Building, 2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA.
The purpose of the hearing will be to receive testimony and exhibits concerning whether an adjustment should be made to the $.50 level of the over-order premium scheduled to go into effect May 1, 1997, under Official General Order A-893, as requested in petitions filed by the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, the Pennsylvania Farmers Union, the Pennsylvania State Grange and the National Farmers Organization. The Board will also receive testimony and exhibits concerning modification of the over-order premium calculation to account not only for milk produced, processed and sold within Pennsylvania, but also for milk purchased from producers in Pennsylvania and utilized in a state with a mandated Class I premium in order to capture those out-of-State premiums, as requested in a petition filed by Board staff.
The petitioners shall be deemed to be parties for purposes of this hearing. Other interested persons as defined in section 801 of the Milk Marketing Law who wish to present testimony or exhibits, or both, at the hearing shall file with the Board on or before March 21, 1997, a written request to be included on the Board's list of parties.
(A) Each party shall file with the Board seven copies and serve on all other parties one copy of the following on or before March 27, 1997:
(1) A written designation identifying each witness who will testify on behalf of the party at the hearing, including identification of any witness who will testify as an expert.
(2) A statement of the subjects concerning which each witness will testify.
(3) A copy of each exhibit to be presented, including but not limited to financial statements, accounting statements, accounting schedules and economic statistics.
(B) Requests by parties for Board staff to provide data pertinent to this hearing shall be made in writing and received in the Board office on or before March 21, 1997.
(C) Parties shall file seven copies of rebuttal exhibits with the Board and serve one copy on all other parties on or before April 3, 1997.
(D) Parties shall have available in the hearing room at least 20 copies of the documents described in (A)(1)--(3) and (C) for the use of nonparties attending the hearing.
(E) Parties wishing the Board to take administrative notice of any document shall, when notice is requested, provide a copy of the document to each Board member and to all other parties. At least 20 additional copies shall be available for the use of nonparties attending the hearing.
The Board may exclude witnesses, evidence or exhibits of a party who failed to comply with the requirements of (A) and (C).
There will be a prehearing conference for all parties on April 7, 1997, in Room 110 of the Agriculture Building, 2301 N. Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA, beginning at 2 p.m.
Persons who require this information in an alternate format should call (717) 787-4194 or 1 (800) 654-5984 (PA Relay Service for TDD Users).
O. FRANK DEGARCIA,
Executive Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-330. Filed for public inspection February 28, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]
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